Ice, Ice (Pack) Baby
Austin Resource Recovery shared a great way to put those home food/cooking delivery service ice packs to a great [re]use. Veterinarians and the Austin...
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In Search of a Disability Ministry to Aide
ISO Disability Ministries. If your place of worship has a disability assistance ministry, or you work for a group that accepts and rehomes used items...
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Introspective Sharing on a Goodwill/Thrift Dropoff
Keep it or move it along, which type are you? Do you hold onto things until the ideal person or organization comes along to donate too or do you need...
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It's a Filmy Situation
One of the areas that I think is often overlooked in educating citizens is plastic bag and plastic film recycling. Per Austin Resource Recovery (ARR),...
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It’s Not Easy Being Green, or Rather, Blue!
As amazing as Muellerites are at being green, we do have recurring “contamination” in our blue recycling carts. Below are incorrect items that are...
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Libraries (Not Just for Books)
One of Austin's zero wasters posted about an incredible new lending library she is creating for dishes! You can check out her post on the Dish Lending...
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Marketplace Win: PlanetBox Rover Lunchkits
These Rover lunch kits are very popular this week! I couldn't sell one at all in July and now they are hot. I was informed this morning that PlanetBox...
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Myths, Rumors, Confusion: Recycling in Austin
Recycling Numbers:The often misidentified “recycling number” inside the little triangle on materials is actually called the Resin Identification Code....
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Pair Donations, Especially Shoes
Pair your donations. Make sure to tie shoelaces together on shoes, or rubber band shoes together. For socks, roll them in each other. Bag and label...
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